NGC 5099
NGC 5099
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
61 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
12k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 61 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5099 as it looked roughly 61 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 5088Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4984Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4856Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5247Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4784Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4781Spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4984Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4856Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5247Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4784Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4781Spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).